6:20 PM,
Apr. 19, 2013

When asked about retirement, Heather Mitts replied: ?I will not be pulling a Brett Favre or Michael Jordan."

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Three-time Olympic gold medalist Heather Mitts planned to end her illustrious soccer career after the 2012 Games in London, but discovered she couldn't quite walk away from the sport.

Her ailing body finally convinced her to retire just last month.

"I had every intention of being done after the Olympics, but I just still loved playing. I wanted to start a family, but I also wanted to continue playing until that happened," said Mitts, 34. "I went to (U.S. National Team) camp in March and had a slew of injuries. I thought, 'OK, this is my body's way of being done.'" ...